The comedian received the Kennedy Center's 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ... his therapist – that were framed to introduce clips of the honoree throughout his career.

The Kennedy Center has been the center of a nasty conversation about freedom in the arts ever since President Trump ousted the institution’s president and board in February. You’d barely know it from ...

Mark Twain wrote literary classics such as "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," but as Ron Chernow's hefty biography of him shows, he also nursed grudges and suffered great losses. (Hulton Archive ...

The Mark Twain program in its 26th year followed the traditional format of testimonials from an array of comics embellished with video clips, while the recipient and his family watched from a near ...

Following the clip, the original Bob Mackie-designed costume ... And finally, Burnett took to the stage to accept a bronze bust of Mark Twain. "This was a long time coming," said Burnett.

From there, they will view video clips to learn about the background of Mark Twain and his writing of the book. Next, they will watch videos that focus on the conclusion of the book and how it ...

In the late 19th century, Mark Twain was arguably the most famous author in the world, with classics like “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (1876) and “Life on the Mississippi” (1883 ...

Ron Chernow has written biographies about great men before but in Mark Twain he tackled a larger than life character known for literary classics and full of contradictions.